Monday, September 22, 2008

My Official Stance on the Environment

If it got down to the sole issue of the environment and energy to make my decision between the two candidates, it would be Barack Obama. I think he has had the ideas for a long enough time that he was able to work out the potential thoughts, and would be able to immediately implement his policies when in office. John McCain, though he has more age and experience than Obama, lacks the ability to be able to walk in to congress and say, here's my idea, here's why it works, and here's some potential faults, and still get congress to vote with him. Obama on the other hand has brilliant policies that have so much common sense, it would be ridiculous if they were not immediately put into place. Sure, McCain wants to drill for oil to hold us off for a while, but how long? Obama will have plans put into place by the end of his first term, that will keep 10% of this country's energy coming from renewable resources. That makes so much sense, that even our current president probably couldn't see a problem with it. McCain has some great ideas, but he really doesn't show how or more importantly, when he is going to implement them.

1 comment:

~CAH said...

Very good point on the time factor. Especially since people want help NOW! :) I also liked how you pointed out Obama's willingness to show all sides of his ideas.